Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 327

Chapter 327

"You gave them to me." Colin's fingers traced the lower-right corner of the specimen, where a black signature with the letters 'C' - Caldwell's initial - was inscribed.

I stared at Colin, my breath catching. "Me? I gave these to you?"

All of these specimens?

"You said that the beauty of a shooting star lies in its fleeting moment. That the brief bloom of a night-blooming cereus is enough to dazzle everyone..." Colin turned to look at me, his voice as raspy as ever.

But it seemed to carry an endless stream of loneliness, grievance, and guilt. "Life is short, to preserve them forever, this was the only way."

I was shocked as I gazed at the walls filled with butterfly specimens. For a moment, they all seemed to come alive, flapping their wings, taking flight.

"I can't believe I would... like these," I said in astonishment.

Colin took my hand and led me into a room in the basement.

The door had a keypad, sturdy like a bank vault.

As the door swung open, I followed Colin inside.

tingling shock ran through my entire

finally opened his

words, was he finally willing to trust me completely, revealing his hidden secrets,

basement was covered with Colin's investigations - about Damian, about me, my parents, the people from the orphanage, and...

there was the

was watching over everyone, like the hand of God, orchestrating

Colin, a mix of panic and

really be the

"This isn't the first serial murder case. Three years ago, after I left the psychiatric hospital, there was

slips, accidents, drownings, fires - seemingly

behind those 'accidents' is the

thing in common –

was one of the few with a conscience among the hospital's staff. It was he who

also the doctor Dexter had brought to provoke Colin

they all revolve

deceased doctors had all once

eyes turn towards me, while the real killer often goes unnoticed," Colin said

a problem back then, you had this chain of evidence... why didn't you go

me, his Adam's apple bobbing with

going to tell me everything, right?" I asked, my heart pounding. What was

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